Saturday second AFL Round 22 match is between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Hawthorn Hawks with the game to be played at Etihad Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 2:10pm local time with away team Hawthorn Hawks currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between North Melbourne Kangaroos and Hawthorn Hawks.
WHERE AND WHEN: Etihad Stadium, 2:10pm AEST Saturday, August 24, 2013
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Opening odds comparison:
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| North Melbourne Kangaroos | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.30 | 3.15 | 3.15 | 3.17 |
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Hawthorn Hawks
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1.36 | 1.35 | 1.33 | 1.35 | 1.36 | 1.37 |
Preview:
North Melbourne take on Hawthorn on Saturday, 2.10pm at Etihad Stadium. Hawthorn will be expected to win here, although this is the first real contest of the round.
Even though the finals are not possible for the Kangaroos, they will be keen to put one over on the premiership favourites in the lead-up to September. Saying that,
however, the Hawks had a great win against Collingwood last round and are playing too good at the moment to back against.
Teams:
North Melbourne Kangaroos:
B: Lachlan Hansen, Luke Delaney, Aaron Mullett
HB: Sam Wright, Michael Firrito, Shaun Atley
C: Ryan Bastinac, Daniel Wells, Sam Gibson
HF: Jamie Macmillan, Robbie Tarrant, Brent Harvey
F: Lindsay Thomas, Drew Petrie, Aaron Black
Foll: Todd Goldstein, Ben Cunnington, Jack Ziebell
I/C: Levi Greenwood, Brad McKenzie, Leigh Adams, Ben Jacobs
Emg: Daniel Currie, Will Sierakowski, Taylor Garner
In: M.Firrito, J.Ziebell
Out: N.Grima (foot), W.Sierakowski
Hawthorn Hawks:
B: Ben Stratton, Brian Lake, Brent Guerra
HB: Shaun Burgoyne, Josh Gibson, Grant Birchall
C: Isaac Smith, Luke Hodge, Shane Savage
HF: Luke Breust, Lance Franklin, Jordan Lewis
F: David Hale, Jarryd Roughead, Cyril Rioli
Foll: Max Bailey, Brad Sewell, Sam Mitchell
I/C: Jack Gunston, Jed Anderson, Brendan Whitecross, Bradley Hill
Emg: Liam Shiels, Taylor Duryea, Matt Spangher
In: B.Guerra, J.Anderson
Out: P.Puopolo (calf soreness), T.Duryea
Kangaroos’ Thompson out for season
North Melbourne key defender Scott Thompson’s AFL season is over after medical staff decided he should not risk further bruising to his lungs.
Thompson was injured when he crashed to the ground after a marking contest late in the game against Adelaide in Round 20.
Kangaroos medical services director Steve Saunders said scans showed he copped substantial bruising to some lung tissue.
“Until that contusion subsides, he can’t be cleared to play again,” said Saunders on the club website.
The concern is, the same tissue could bleed again and more damage could be done to his lung and obviously that wouldn’t be good for him at all.”
Saunders said that if the Kangaroos were in the finals race, Thompson would be a chance to return.
“The specialist indicated this is normally a four-week injury,” he said.
“That’s the amount of time it takes for the tissue to heal and be safe to the point of being able to withstand another contusion.
“So he’s actually safe now to exercise heavily and to put himself through a fair bit of exertion but it’s other knocks we’re concerned about.”
The 27-year-old Thompson has had a career-best year with the Kangaroos and is ranked sixth in the AFL for rebound 50s.
